Hellertown Council To Hire Consultant

January 21, 1992|The Morning Call

Hellertown Borough Council last night agreed to hire a consulting psychologist to help the draft a policy on testing, evaluating and counseling police.

Council told borough Manager James Sigworth to seek proposals from candidates. The job also will include conducting entry level psychological tests, evaluating officers for promotion, testing seasoned officers to see if they are under stress, and counseling officers who experience stress or trauma.

The need for a consultant, council said, grew out of the case of police Sgt. Robert Gori who has been on sick leave and has disputed the borough's claim that he failed psychological tests.

Council will try a fourth time to convince the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to install a pedestrian walk light at the intersection of Water and Main streets. Gladys Spillane of Northampton Street spoke in favor of the walk lights.

Between 1984 and 1990 the borough three times appealed to PennDOT for the light and three times were refused.